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the specified data file and the file is from the current system, dfnum is retrieved from the
SQL/MX or OSS subsystem.
name
input
STRING .EXT:ref:*
is a buffer containing the OSS file pathname or ANSI SQL object name to be translated. If
passed, an ANSI SQL object name must be fully qualified and not contain wildcards.
name_len
input
INT:value
is the length, in bytes, of the OSS file pathname or ANSI SQL object name specified in name.
The length includes a terminating null byte if it is an OSS path name.
filename
output
INT .EXT:ref:12
is an array of 12 words. filename returns the internal format local form Guardian name of
the referenced file. If the specified OSS file pathname resolves to an OSS directory, the
filename returned is space-filled. If the OSS file pathname resolves to a remote file name, a
local form name is returned in filename, and the remote system name is returned in sysname.
sysname
output
INT .EXT:ref:4
is an array of four words. If the file is remote, sysname returns the Expand system name of
the file contained in filename. If the file is local, sysname returns spaces.
pathid
output
INT .EXT:ref:12
is an array of 12 words. pathid returns the OSS internal pathid describing the specified
OSS file pathname. The pathid value returned can be used in MID structures of entity descriptor
templates.
pathid is not used for ANSI SQL names.
crvsn
output
INT .EXT:ref:3
is an array of three words. crvsn is the creation version serial number associated with the
returned pathid.
extname
output
STRING .EXT:ref:*
for iterative calls, is a buffer in which OSS file pathnames for a particular directory’s contents
are returned or in which the ANSI SQL partition names for a particular ANSI SQL object are
returned.
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